Curtain ring



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D. M, SARKISIA N CURTAIN RING F1194 July 15 1921 lNVENTUR .Dic/rran M 5 r mom Patented Dec. 9, 1924..

DICKRAN M. SARKISIAN, OF FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN RING.

Application filed July 15,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that DICKRAN M. SAnKIsInN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Forest Hills, in the county of Queens and State of New York, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Rings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for supporting curtains from a rod extending across a window casing or for portieres, etc.

The object of my invention is to provide a ring of improved form and construction that will require less metal for a given number of rings of the same diameter in cross section and thereby save in the cost of metal, and will slide on the curtain rod without making any noise when the curtain is drawn in either direction on the rod so that these rings may be used in the room of a sick or nervous person Without annoyance.

A further object is to provide a curtain ring in which the eyelet is disposed at a right angle to the axis of the opening of the ring and to form the entire ring from a single in tegral piece of wire of the desired form of cross section to provide an ornamental construction.

Referring to the drawings which form a part of these specifications,

Figure l is a side view of a ring embodying my invention mounted on a rod shown in cross section.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the ring.

Figure 3 is a side view in which the principle on which the ring is formed is carried out in a construction where the ring is required to swing at a somewhat greater angle to the vertical than that usually required for a curtain ring.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a numher of rings mounted on a curtain rod and supporting a curtain.

A, indicates a curtain rod which is usually made of metal and circular in cross section.

B, indicates the ring shown as circular in cross section and usually made of brass wire.

It has heretofore been'customary to make the diameter B of the opening through the ring greater than the outer diameter of the curtain rod A to permit the ring to slide freely without pinching the curtain rod in the act of drawing the curtain.

In the present case the upper semicircle C 1921. Serial No. 484,900.

of the ring is formed to contact the upper semicircle of the rod A and from its greatest diameter or median line the sides of the ring extend downward for a short distance parallel to each other, as clearly illustrated in Figure 3 so that the ring may swing on the rod A for a predetermined distance before the under side of the ring will contact with the rod, and thus permit the ring to freely slide along the rod A when the curtain is drawn, as will be readily understood.

The ring is made from a wire rod and the eyelet D is formed by a die and punch operation which also flattens the end in which the eyelet is formed to provide a flange D by flattening the wire under pressure as will be understood in the wire workers art, and by disposing the opening of the eyelet at a right angle to the opening through the body of the ring, no opening is presented to the eye when the rings are in use and therefore the general appearance of the assembled rings is much improved over the constructions in which the eyelet is formed in a line parallel to the axis of the opening through the body of the ring.

By this construction the saving in metal is considerable on each lot of 100,000 rings made and the noise due to violent contact between the ring and rod is almost entirely eliminated.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new A curtain ring comprising a body portion formed of a single piece of wire, said body portion having a semi-circular opening in its upper portion and depending portions extending downward therefrom substantially parallel to each other for a predetermined distance, converging portions below the said parallel portion, said converging portions uniting to complete the ring, and an eyelet formed integral with an end of one of said converging portions, the opening through which has its axis disposed at a right angle relative to the opening in the body of the ring, said eyelet consisting of a disk shaped flange formed by flattening the said end by a die and punch operation so that the flange is countersunk on each side.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 12th day of July, A. D. 1921.

DICKRAN M. SARKISIAN. 

